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Texas deputy to pay price for defending self
Washington Times ^ | 2 February 2007 | Jerry Seper

Posted on 02/02/2007 3:37:06 AM PST by Aussie Dasher

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This is an obscenity! What the hell is the world coming to?????
1 posted on 02/02/2007 3:37:09 AM PST by Aussie Dasher
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To: Aussie Dasher

The only people who care about illegal are the Minutement and a few lone deputy's doing their jobs. What is theirreward? Prosecution, anytime the government gets a chance.

Is there any doubt in any American's mind that we are being sold out?


2 posted on 02/02/2007 3:41:02 AM PST by sgtbono2002 (I will forgive Jane Fonda, when the Jews forgive Hitler.)
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To: Aussie Dasher

If this was Joe Citizen I'd agree, but in this case, the driver tried to run over a uniformed police officer and then fled. The driver is clearly a threat to the life of anyone who gets in his way. Sorry for the other people in the car, but when you lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas.


3 posted on 02/02/2007 3:41:09 AM PST by sig226 (See my profile for the democrat culture of corruption list.)
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To: Aussie Dasher

At one time in my life I actually looked into being a LEO. I would not now (especially near the southern border) for all the tea in China.


4 posted on 02/02/2007 3:45:02 AM PST by RadioAstronomer
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The deputy's Dec. 1 conviction has enraged his hometown of Rocksprings, Texas, population 1,250, where "Free Gilmer" signs have been posted. The Baptist church is paying the deputy's mortgage and others have come up with costs for the family's truck, propane and water bills.

Hernandez, 25, and his wife, Ashley, have a 4-month-old daughter.

At least the town is pulling together to help the family.

5 posted on 02/02/2007 3:47:08 AM PST by snowsislander
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This is totally screwed up!


6 posted on 02/02/2007 3:51:37 AM PST by tutstar (Baptist Ping list - freepmail me to get on or off.)
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To: Aussie Dasher

This has GOT to friggin STOP!!!!

Gonzales should be IMPEACHED.


7 posted on 02/02/2007 3:55:34 AM PST by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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One only has to watch a few episodes of "Cops" to see the contempt that many LEOs have for the rest of us common people. Now, to add further insult, the courts are making illegals a protected class.


8 posted on 02/02/2007 3:55:43 AM PST by gruntSGT (Card Carrying Foaming at the Mouth Lindsay Graham Hater.)
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To: Aussie Dasher

What kind of people makes up these juries? Anyway to find out? I'd love to see a break down. Otherwise, the defendants lawyers must be thee worst!


9 posted on 02/02/2007 3:58:05 AM PST by moonman
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U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, appointed in October 2001 by President Bush,

Gonzales is only doing what his boss wants him to do. Any blame sits soley on the shoulders of George.

10 posted on 02/02/2007 4:23:25 AM PST by politicalwit (Freedom doesn't mean a Free Pass.)
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To: RadioAstronomer

What is an LEO?


11 posted on 02/02/2007 4:43:54 AM PST by Dudoight
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To: Aussie Dasher

Where the heck is the outrage on this? We are being invaded, our citizens attacked and the legal system is punishing us for trying to protect ourselves.


12 posted on 02/02/2007 4:47:40 AM PST by dragonblustar
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Why did I know it would be an illegal...


13 posted on 02/02/2007 4:47:59 AM PST by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: Dudoight

Law Enforcement Officer


14 posted on 02/02/2007 4:51:28 AM PST by uglybiker (AU-TO-MO-BEEEEEEEL?!!)
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another example of how the federal government is more concerned about people [who are] illegally invading America than it is about the men who protect America."

Pretty much sums it up. Border Patrol and Law Enforcement step down from your post please. Your hard work is not appreciated and you will be arrested for it.

15 posted on 02/02/2007 4:55:12 AM PST by Long Island Pete
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Why did I know it would be an illegal...



Cause you are so smart........:>)


16 posted on 02/02/2007 4:57:20 AM PST by WKB (A wasted day is a day in which we have not laughed!)
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To: Dudoight

""What is an LEO?""

Law Enforcement Officer, soon to be extinct, and replaced by the Ticket Writing Officer.


17 posted on 02/02/2007 4:58:04 AM PST by lrb111 (Minutemen - Doing jobs the White House won't do.)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Our government is waging war against its citizens with this insanity.


18 posted on 02/02/2007 4:58:59 AM PST by Tolsti
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To: Aussie Dasher

The problem was that the vehicle was fleeing and not a threat to the officer.


19 posted on 02/02/2007 4:59:24 AM PST by trumandogz (Rudy G 2008: The "G" Stands For Gun Grabbing & Gay Lovin.)
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U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, appointed in October 2001 by President Bush, said Hernandez fired shots at the vehicle as it sped away "knowing it was occupied with the nine individuals," at least seven of whom were illegal aliens -- some of whom later were called to testify for the government.



Hernandez was convicted after a jury trial in U.S. District Court in Del Rio, Texas, 75 miles southwest of Rocksprings -- found guilty of violating "under the color of law" the civil rights of Maricela Rodriguez-Garcia, a Mexican national.


Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Baumann, who prosecuted the case, told reporters that the law does not give law-enforcement officers the right to use "deadly force to stop a car unless it poses an imminent threat to the officer or another person. If the car is going away from you, it's not even a close call."


Noting that prosecutors offered the deputy probation in exchange for a guilty plea, the sheriff said, "This young man didn't do anything wrong and wasn't about to say he had. I think that speaks to his character."


Sheriff Letsinger said an investigation found that Hernandez approached the vehicle and found only the driver was sitting upright and suspected the others were illegal aliens. He said the driver, after being asked to step out of the vehicle, pulled forward and turned into Hernandez -- fleeing from what the sheriff described as the deputy's "legal stop."


Thinking the driver had tried to run him over, he said Hernandez fired at the vehicle's rear tires. He said at least one of the people inside the vehicle confirmed that the driver had turned it into the deputy.


Sheriff Letsinger, with three deputies to handle all law-enforcement matters in a 2,000-square-mile county, called the Texas Rangers after the incident to investigate what happened. He said he also called the Mexican Consulate because Mexican nationals were involved, and the consulate later notified the FBI.


The Rangers' incident report, the sheriff said, noted that after firing shots, Hernandez returned to his patrol car, notified dispatch and pursued the vehicle until it crashed into a fence -- at which time the occupants, except for Mrs. Rodriguez-Garcia, fled.


20 posted on 02/02/2007 5:01:54 AM PST by misterrob (Jack Bauer/Chuck Norris 2008)
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